A pilot undergoing a routine FAA investigation of a forced landing with no damage learned that a com...

Narrative:

Last month I was flying aerobatics when my engine went to idle power after a roll due to debris in the carburetor. I put out a mayday call and landed on a country road with no damage.I was previously employed by a 135 air ambulance company. Early in my time there I was attempting to make arrangements for a fixed wing BFR and was overheard by another company pilot. He advised that he thought the company check rides constituted a BFR. I looked it up and agreed; thinking that it referred to all company check rides including recurrent training given by company designated instructors.during the subsequent incident investigation behind my forced landing; the FAA inspector asked for my last BFR date. I advised that it was [20 months previous to the incident] based on that being my last 135 check ride before resigning from the company. The inspector asked for a copy of my form 8410-3. When I contacted the company I had worked for I was advised that the ride on that date was a recurrent training flight and that it did not meet the requirements for a BFR. My last 8410-3 ride was on [nine months previous to that date]. This meant that I had been unknowingly flying out of currency since march of this year.I had used the [inaccurate] date as my last BFR on several insurance applications; my medical renewal and a flight instructor refresher clinic application. I believed that I was not due a BFR until november of this year.I immediately signed up for a flight review and notified other pilots who I believed might have been affected by my lapse in currency. I had given an aircraft checkout as a CFI during this period for insurance purposes and wanted the pilot to be able to correct my mistake as it applied to him. I believed I was current when I was not.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot undergoing a routine FAA investigation of a forced landing with no damage learned that a company training check ride failed to meet the requirements for a BFR and that; as a result; he was in violation of the associated FAR requirements for same.

Narrative: Last month I was flying aerobatics when my engine went to idle power after a roll due to debris in the carburetor. I put out a Mayday call and landed on a country road with no damage.I was previously employed by a 135 Air Ambulance company. Early in my time there I was attempting to make arrangements for a fixed wing BFR and was overheard by another company pilot. He advised that he thought the company check rides constituted a BFR. I looked it up and agreed; thinking that it referred to all company check rides including recurrent training given by company designated instructors.During the subsequent Incident investigation behind my forced landing; the FAA inspector asked for my last BFR date. I advised that it was [20 months previous to the incident] based on that being my last 135 check ride before resigning from the company. The inspector asked for a copy of my Form 8410-3. When I contacted the company I had worked for I was advised that the ride on that date was a recurrent training flight and that it did not meet the requirements for a BFR. My last 8410-3 ride was on [nine months previous to that date]. This meant that I had been unknowingly flying out of currency since March of this year.I had used the [inaccurate] date as my last BFR on several insurance applications; my medical renewal and a Flight Instructor Refresher Clinic application. I believed that I was not due a BFR until November of this year.I immediately signed up for a Flight Review and notified other pilots who I believed might have been affected by my lapse in currency. I had given an aircraft checkout as a CFI during this period for insurance purposes and wanted the pilot to be able to correct my mistake as it applied to him. I believed I was current when I was not.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	958852
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Sport 19
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 3943
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A pilot undergoing a routine FAA investigation of a forced landing with no damage learned that a company training check ride failed to meet the requirements for a BFR and that; as a result; he was in violation of the associated far requirements for same.